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Boredom and Distraction in Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Supervisory Control
(Interacting with Computers, 2013)Operators currently controlling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles report significant boredom, and such systems will likely become more automated in the future. Similar problems are found in process control, commercial aviation, and ... -
Cognitive Task Analysis for the LCS Operator
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2006)The following Tables and Figures detail the cognitive task analysis (CTA) performed to determine the information requirements needed to support a single operator located aboard the futuristic Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). ... -
Collaborative Exploration with a Micro Aerial Vehicle: A Novel Interaction Method for Controlling a MAV with a Hand-Held Device
(Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2012)In order to collaboratively explore an environment with a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV), an operator needs a mobile interface, which can support the operator’s divided attention. To this end, we developed the Micro Aerial ... -
Comparing the Performance of Expert User Heuristics and an Integer Linear Program in Aircraft Carrier Deck Operations
(IEEE Transactions, 2013-08)Planning operations across a number of domains can be considered as resource allocation problems with timing constraints. An unexplored instance of such a problem domain is the aircraft carrier flight deck, where, in current ... -
Conceptual Human-System Interface Design for a Lunar Access Vehicle
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2005)In support of the vision for humans to establish a large scale, economically viable, permanent human settlement on the Moon within the next 25 years (Space Frontier Foundation, 2005), the next generation lunar landing ... -
Decision Support Design for Workload Mitigation in Human Supervisory Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2006)As UAVs become increasingly autonomous, the multiple personnel currently required to operate a single UAV may eventually be superseded by a single operator concurrently managing multiple UAVs. Instead of lower-level tasks ... -
Design and Evaluation of Path Planning Decision Support for Planetary Surface Exploration
(Journal of Aerospace Computing, 2008)Human intent is an integral part of real-time path planning and re-planning, thus any decision aiding system must support human-automation interaction. The appropriate balance between humans and automation for this task ... -
Design Methodology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Team Coordination
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2007)Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, despite having no onboard human pilots, currently require extensive human involvement to accomplish successful mission operations. Further, successful operations also require ... -
Designing Decision and Collaboration Support Technology for Operators in Multi-UAV Operations Teams
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2007)Effective team collaboration and timely decision-making significantly influence the outcome of time-sensitive military operations. The increasing complexity introduced by the recent move towards network centric operations ... -
Developing Lunar Landing Vehicle Display Requirements through Content Analysis of Apollo Lunar Landing Voice Communications
(International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 2008)The lengthy period since the Apollo landings limits present-day engineers attempting to draw from the experiences of veteran Apollo engineers and astronauts in the design of a new lunar lander. In order to circumvent these ... -
Effects of Single versus Multiple Warnings on Driver Performance
(2007)Objective: To explore how a single master alarm system affects drivers’ responses when compared to multiple, distinct warnings. Background: Advanced driver warning systems are intended to improve safety, yet inappropriate ... -
An Experimental Platform for Investigating Decision and Collaboration Technologies in Time-Sensitive Mission Control Operations
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2007)This report describes the conceptual design and detailed architecture of an experimental platform developed to support investigations of novel decision and collaboration technologies for complex, time-critical mission ... -
Field Testing of a Quad Rotor Smartphone Control System
(International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 2012)With recent regulatory efforts to reduce restrictions placed on the operation of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) in the United States, it is likely that in the next few years, these vehicles will become commonplace in the ... -
A Framework for an HSI Downselection Tool
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2009)This technical report describes the concept and development of SITHE, the Systems Integration Tool for HSI Evaluation. SITHE is a framework for selecting tools to be used in evaluating complex technical systems in terms ... -
Global vs. local decision support for multiple independent UAV schedule management
(International Journal of Applied Decision Science, 2010)As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become increasingly autonomous, time-critical and complex single-operator systems will require advance prediction and mitigation of schedule conflicts. However, actions that mitigate a ... -
Human Supervisory Control Issues in Network Centric Warfare
(MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory, 2004)Network centric warfare (NCW) is a concept of operations that seeks to increase combat power by linking battlespace entities to effectively leverage information superiority. A network centric force must be supported by ... -
Human-Automation Collaboration in Complex Multivariate Resource Allocation Decision Support Systems
(International Journal of Intelligent Decision Technologies, 2010)In resource allocation problems for systems with moving planning horizons and significant uncertainty, typical of supervisory control environments, it is critical that some balance of human-automation collaboration be ... -
Human-Automation Path Planning Optimization and Decision Support
(International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 2011)Path planning is a problem encountered in multiple domains, including unmanned vehicle control, air traffic control, and future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. Due to the voluminous and complex nature of the ... -
Identifying Predictive Metrics for Supervisory Control of Multiple Robots
(IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2007)In recent years, much research has focused on making possible single operator control of multiple robots. In these high workload situations, many questions arise including how many robots should be in the team, which ... -
The Impact of Heterogeneity on Operator Performance in Future Unmanned Vehicle Systems
(2008)Recent studies have shown that with appropriate operator decision support and with sufficient automation, inverting the multiple operators to single-unmanned vehicle control paradigm is possible. These studies, however, ...